Cisco IOS Contract Job Trends in England

Cisco IOS
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Cisco IOS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 545 433 450
Rank change year-on-year -112 +17 +113
Contract jobs citing Cisco IOS 50 47 87
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.12% 0.19% 0.24%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 1.29% 1.48% 1.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 26 64
10th Percentile £472 £363 £173
25th Percentile £512 £475 £217
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £421
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +30.74% +0.16%
75th Percentile £612 £609 £535
90th Percentile £686 £650 £600
UK median daily rate £550 £513 £416
% change year-on-year +7.32% +23.09% -0.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £36.63 £24.26
25th Percentile - £37.19 £25.22
Median hourly rate - £38.75 £26.88
Median % change year-on-year - +44.19% -61.61%
75th Percentile - £39.69 £28.47
90th Percentile - £39.88 £29.39
UK median hourly rate - £38.75 £26.88
% change year-on-year - +44.19% -58.65%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
England

Cisco IOS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 3,875 3,181 4,784
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 9.43% 13.00% 13.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,420 1,978 2,876
10th Percentile £250 £220 £210
25th Percentile £400 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £495
Median % change year-on-year - +1.01% -5.71%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £675 £700
UK median daily rate £495 £488 £490
% change year-on-year +1.54% -0.51% -5.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 230 118 389
10th Percentile £16.70 £14.20 £13.50
25th Percentile £21.33 £15.44 £16.30
Median hourly rate £41.24 £29.66 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +39.04% -25.85% +122.22%
75th Percentile £65.88 £63.75 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £81.11 £70.13
UK median hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year +15.38% -18.75% +116.22%

Cisco IOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Cisco IOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Cisco IOS job vacancy trend in England

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Cisco IOS in England over the 6 months to 17 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Cisco IOS in England

Cisco IOS
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Cisco IOS

Cisco IOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cisco IOS within the England region over the 6 months to 17 May 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London -64 21 £600 +14.29% 3
North of England -56 14 £610 +62.67% 2
North West -27 13 £611 +62.93% 2
South West -34 10 £538 - 2
South East -64 4 £500 -13.04% 2
Yorkshire - 1 £413 -
Cisco IOS
UK

Cisco IOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (2.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.00%) Azure
2 1 (2.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 32 (64.00%) Firewall
2 29 (58.00%) BGP
3 26 (52.00%) NX-OS
4 20 (40.00%) WAN
5 18 (36.00%) VLAN
6 16 (32.00%) DHCP
6 16 (32.00%) DNS
6 16 (32.00%) OSPF
7 14 (28.00%) MPLS
8 13 (26.00%) LAN
9 12 (24.00%) NAS
9 12 (24.00%) SAN
9 12 (24.00%) Structured Cabling
9 12 (24.00%) VPN
9 12 (24.00%) Wireless
10 11 (22.00%) IOS XR
10 11 (22.00%) Network Security
11 10 (20.00%) Cisco ASA
11 10 (20.00%) SD-WAN
11 10 (20.00%) TACACS
Development Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Git
2 2 (4.00%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 22 (44.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (18.00%) Documentation Skills
3 6 (12.00%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (10.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.00%) Finance
5 3 (6.00%) Financial Institution
5 3 (6.00%) Telecoms
6 1 (2.00%) Police
Job Titles
1 27 (54.00%) Network Engineer
2 15 (30.00%) Architect
3 7 (14.00%) Security Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Network Architect
4 6 (12.00%) SC Cleared Network Engineer
4 6 (12.00%) Senior
4 6 (12.00%) Senior Network Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Automation Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Cisco Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Cisco Network Engineer
5 5 (10.00%) Technical Architect
6 4 (8.00%) DV Cleared Network Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Security Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Senior Cisco Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Senior Cisco Network Engineer
7 3 (6.00%) Test Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Design Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Network Design Engineer
8 2 (4.00%) Telephony Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (12.00%) LDAP
2 4 (8.00%) Jinja
3 2 (4.00%) XMPP
Miscellaneous
1 19 (38.00%) Data Centre
2 7 (14.00%) PKI
3 4 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.00%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.00%) Linux
1 7 (14.00%) Ubuntu
2 5 (10.00%) Windows
3 2 (4.00%) Windows Server
4 1 (2.00%) Android
4 1 (2.00%) CentOS
4 1 (2.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (2.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (24.00%) ITSM
2 11 (22.00%) Network Segmentation
3 8 (16.00%) Infrastructure as Code
3 8 (16.00%) Mentoring
4 7 (14.00%) Agile
4 7 (14.00%) Change Management
4 7 (14.00%) Performance Management
5 6 (12.00%) Cybersecurity
5 6 (12.00%) Network Design
6 5 (10.00%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (8.00%) AI
7 4 (8.00%) Analytics
7 4 (8.00%) CI/CD
7 4 (8.00%) Customer Requirements
7 4 (8.00%) DevOps
7 4 (8.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 4 (8.00%) Network Monitoring
7 4 (8.00%) Penetration Testing
7 4 (8.00%) Performance Tuning
7 4 (8.00%) Proactive Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (32.00%) Python
2 4 (8.00%) PHP
3 3 (6.00%) Bash
4 2 (4.00%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 25 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 22 (44.00%) CCNP
2 22 (44.00%) Cisco Certification
3 20 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 13 (26.00%) CCNA
5 11 (22.00%) Network+ Certification
5 11 (22.00%) Server+ Certification
6 8 (16.00%) DV Cleared
7 4 (8.00%) APMG
7 4 (8.00%) CCIE
7 4 (8.00%) CompTIA Security+
7 4 (8.00%) GIAC
7 4 (8.00%) SSCP
8 3 (6.00%) Degree
8 3 (6.00%) GSEC
9 2 (4.00%) JNCIS
10 1 (2.00%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (12.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 6 (12.00%) NIST
2 4 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials
2 4 (8.00%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 3 (6.00%) SLA
4 1 (2.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 9 (18.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (16.00%) VMware ESXi
3 2 (4.00%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (2.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (2.00%) Firmware
4 1 (2.00%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 10 (20.00%) Ansible
2 7 (14.00%) vCenter Server
3 4 (8.00%) FortiGate
3 4 (8.00%) Terraform
4 3 (6.00%) SCOM
5 2 (4.00%) Cisco CUCM
6 1 (2.00%) Failover Clustering
6 1 (2.00%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 50 (100.00%) Cisco
2 11 (22.00%) ServiceNow
3 10 (20.00%) Palo Alto
4 9 (18.00%) VMware
5 8 (16.00%) Arista
6 7 (14.00%) Fortinet
6 7 (14.00%) Juniper
7 6 (12.00%) F5
8 3 (6.00%) Meraki
8 3 (6.00%) Microsoft
9 2 (4.00%) Ciena
9 2 (4.00%) Genesys
9 2 (4.00%) Infoblox
9 2 (4.00%) Zscaler
10 1 (2.00%) Apple
10 1 (2.00%) Broadcom
10 1 (2.00%) CheckPoint
10 1 (2.00%) Dell
10 1 (2.00%) NetScout
10 1 (2.00%) SolarWinds